Saturday May 8th, 2010, 8:00pm
String Quartet… more or less…
Tenri Cultural Institue of New York
43A West 13th Street, New York , New York 10011
Tickets: $25.00 General, $20.00 Student/Senior
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SONOS Chamber Orchestra presents:
Music for String Quartet and Shakuhachi, “more or less…”
Principal string players join Shakuhachi master James Nyoraku Schlefer in a concert at the Tenri Cultural Institute. Composers featured: Carl Nielsen (Denmark), Akira Nishimura (Japan), Isang Yun (Korea), Marty Regan (Texas), and Charles Porter (New York). Musicians will perform two quintets for shakuhachi and string quartet, a solo piece for cello, a solo piece for viola, a duet for 2 violins and one string quartet! These extraordinary players will show their virtuosic skills in not-often heard repertoire ranging from Denmark to Japan, from China to Texas!
PROGRAM
Marty Regan (b. 1972)
Voyage for shakuhachi and string quartet (2008) – New York Premiere
Akira Nishimura (b. 1953)
Threnody for solo cello (1998)
Isang Yun (1917-1995)
Sonatina for two violins (1983)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
At the Bier of a Young Artist. FS 58 (1910)
-intermission–
Charles Porter (b. 1952)
Moon Sky for shakuhachi and string quartet (2009) – World Premiere
Akira Nishimura (b. 1953)
Fantasia on Song of the Birds solo viola (2005)
Carl Nielsen (1865-1931)
String Quartet in f minor. FS 11, Op. 5 (1890)
Gabriel Schaff and Shih-Hung Young, violins
Junah Chung, viola
Sean Katsuyama, cello
James Nyoraku Schlefer, shakuhachi
Erik E. Ochsner, music director & conductor
Print concert program (PDF document)
Generous support for this concert is made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a state agency; Northern Manhattan Arts Alliance; Kyo-Shin-An Arts,
Zen-On Music Co., Ltd.
